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Today has been a difficult one for some UK gamers, and retailers who have been overwhelmed by demand for PlayStation’s latest console.
Sarah Butler has the story….
Web pages dedicated to the launch of the PlayStation 5 at John Lewis, Tesco and Game had all crashed on Thursday morning. Currys had introduced a queuing system that had tens of thousands of customers on hold on Thursday morning.
With much of their stock already sold via orders placed before the launch, Game, Currys, John Lewis and Argos all said they had sold out of the £449 console by 10.10am on Thursday.
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